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Name Dr. Surojit Das Designation Assistant Professor Department Name BIO-MEDICAL LABORATORY SCIENCE AND MANAGEMENT Office Phone No +91 3222 298-205 / Centrex Extn. 205 Email ID dr_surojitdas@mail.vidyasagar.ac.in Fax - Mobile No 9038227902 Personal Website Address Bio-Medical Laboratory Science & Management, Vidyasagar University, Midnapore 721102, West Bengal, India

Educational Qualification Degree Name Institute Year of passing/awarded Ph.D ICMR-National Institute of Cholera & Enteric Diseases (Regn. University of Calcutta) 2018 M.Sc University of Calcutta 2008 B.Sc University of Calcutta 2006 Title of the Ph. D. Thesis Studies on Molecular Characterization of Salmonella enterica Serovar Typhi Clinical Isolates from Kolkata

Career Profile / Teaching Experience Assistant Professor, Department of Bio-Medical Laboratory Science & Management, Vidyasagar University since 24 December, 2018 Scientific Officer in Microbiology at Tata Medical Center, Kolkata during September, 2018 to December, 2018 Sr. Research Fellow (ICMR-CDC) in Microbiology at Tata Medical Center, Kolkata during April, 2017 to August, 2018 Sr. Research Fellow (ICMR) in Microbiology at ICMR-National Institute of Cholera and Enteric Diseases, Kolkata during July, 2013 to April, 2017 Jr. Research Fellow (ICMR) in Microbiology at ICMR-National Institute of Cholera and Enteric Diseases, Kolkata during July, 2011 to July, 2013 Lecturer (visiting) in Microbiology & Biotechnology at Guru Nanak Institute of Pharmaceutical Science & Technology (JIS Group), Sodpur during April, 2010 to Jun, 2011 Lecturer (part-time) in Microbiology at Tara Devi Harakh Chand Kankaria Jain College, Kolkata during September, 2010 to May, 2011 Clinical Research Coordinator in Ophthalmology at Regional Institute of Ophthalmology, Medical College, Kolkata during February, 2010 to July, 2011 Microbiologist cum Hygienic Controller in Microbiology at Silicon Food & Beverages Pvt. Ltd., Kolkata during January, 2010 to August, 2010 Lecturer (guest) in Microbiology at Institute of Science and Advanced Research (B.P. Poddar Degree College) during October, 2009 to July, 2010 Lab. Technologist in Microbiology at Suraksha Diagnostics Pvt. Ltd., Kolkata during August, 2008 to April, 2009

Specialization/Research Area Field of Specialization Research Area/ Areas of Interest Molecular Microbiology Antimicrobial Resistance (AMR) Molecular Strain Typing of Bacterial Pathogens Molecular Diagnostics of Infectious Diseases Virulence of Pathogens Natural Resources as Antimicrobial Compounds Effective against Multi- and Pandrug-resistant Bacterial Pathogens One Health Approach

Course/ Subject Taught Microbiology Molecular Biology Biotechnology Epidemiology & Public Health Reproductive Biology Research Methodology Laboratory Bio-safety Laboratory Ethics Immunology

Conference/ Symposium /Journal Paper / Books Published International Publication Title Published in Year Published by Changes in antimicrobial resistance and molecular attributes of Salmonellae causing enteric fever in Kolkata, India, 2014–2018 Infection, Genetics & Evolution, 84: 104478 2020 Elsevier Rapid and economical detection of eight carbapenem-resistance genes in Enterobacteriaceae, Pseudomonas spp, and Acinetobacter spp directly from positive blood cultures using an internally controlled multiplex-PCR assay Infection Control & Hospital Epidemiology, 40:737-739 2019 Cambridge Core Detection of the emergence of mcr-1 mediated colistin resistant E. coli and Klebsiella pneumoniae through a hospital- based surveillance in an oncology center in eastern India Infection Control & Hospital Epidemiology (Accepted) 2019 Cambridge Core In silico identification and characterization of stress and virulence associated repeats in Salmonella Genomics, 110:23-34 2018 Elsevier Report of relapse typhoid fever cases from Kolkata, India: Recrudescense or reinfection? Japanese J. Infectious Diseases, 71:209-213 2018 National Institute of Infectious Diseases, Japan Antimicrobial resistance and molecular subtypes of Salmonella enterica serovar Typhi isolates from Kolkata, India over a 15 years period 1998-2012 International J. Medical Microbiology, 307:28-36 2017 Elsevier Molecular subtyping of Salmonella enterica serovar Typhi by pulsed-field gel electrophoresis and multiple-locus variable-number tandem-repeat analysis in India: their association with antimicrobial resistance profiles Japanese J. Infectious Diseases, 70:536-543 2017 National Institute of Infectious Diseases, Japan Evaluation of fliC-d based direct blood PCR assays for typhoid diagnosis BMC Microbiology, 16:108-116 2016 Springer Revisit of fluoroquinolone and azithromycin susceptibility breakpoints for Salmonella enterica serovar Typhi J. Medical Microbiology, 65:632-640 2016 United Kingdom, Microbiology Society Antimicrobial resistance, virulence profiles and molecular subtypes of Salmonella enterica serovars Typhi and Paratyphi A blood isolates from Kolkata, India during 2009-2013 PLoS ONE., 9(8):e101347 2014 Public Library of Science First case report of blood and urine culture positive bacteremia by Salmonella enterica serotype Choleraesuis from India J. Medical Microbiology case report 2014 United Kingdom, Microbiology Society Validation of a new serology based dipstick test for rapid diagnosis of typhoid Fever Diagnostic Microbiology Infectious Diseases, 76:5-9 2013 Elsevier National Publication Title Published in Year Published by Colistin susceptibility testing of gram-negative bacilli: Better performance of vitek2 system than E-test compared to broth microdilution method as the gold standard test Indian J Med Microbiol, 38:58-65 2020 Indian Association of Medical Microbiologists (IAMM) Tribute: Dr. Sambhu Nath De: One of the greatest Indian scientists Indian J. Pathology & Microbiology, 58:134-136 2015 Medknow Publications (India) Other Publication Books Published Title of the Book Published by Year Role When to suspect and how to detect carbapenemase production? A review. The Health Sciences Publisher 2019 Second author Utility of bacterial surveillance culture in the intensive care unit for choosing empirical antibiotic therapy The Health Sciences Publisher 2018 Co-author

Ph. D. Thesis Guidence Ongoing / Submitted Ph. D. Thesis Scholar Name Thesis Title Co Supervisor Status Complete in Year Simi Manna Molecular characterization of carbapenem-resistant Klebsiella pneumoniae clinical isolates from West Bengal, India: A study to unveil the clones harboring transferable resistance None Ongoing 2025 (Expected) Urmy Biswas Epidemiological surveillance on extended-spectrum cephalosporin- and carbapenem-resistant Escherichia coli isolates in West Bengal,India: Focusing on transferrable antimicrobial resistance (AMR) None Ongoing 2025 (Expected)

Project Work Ongoing Project Works Project title Worked as Funding Agency Amount in Rs. Duration in years Period Year to Year Status Molecular tracking of difficult-to-control carbapenem resistance among Enterobacterales clinical isolates in West Bengal, India: Focusing on in vitro diagnostics for antimicrobial resistance (AMR) towards the optimization of antimicrobial and infection prevention stewardship program Principal Investigator ICMR [AMR/Adhoc/241/2020-ECD-II] 2770280 3 year 2021 2024 Ongoing Emergence and molecular tracking of carbapenem-resistant Enterobacterales, Pseudomonas aeruginosa and Acinetobacter baumannii clinical isolates in Midnapore, West Bengal: A study to unfold the dominance of carbapenemases Principal Investigator University Start-up grant 25000 2 year 2021 2023 Ongoing Monitoring carbapenem & colistin resistance among Gram-negative pathogens in food-producing animals in West Bengal, India: a study to unfold the molecular basis of resistance Principal Investigator UGC [30-518/2020(BSR]) 1000000 2 year 2020 2022 Ongoing

Invited Lectures  Title Organized by Venue Year Emergence of COVID-19 and the role of nutrition in its potential mitigation Egra Sarada Shashi Bhusan College, Egra, Purba Medinipur Webinar 2020 Rapid & economical detection of carbapenem-resistant superbugs causing blood-stream infections: strategy to strengthen antimicrobial & infection stewardship prevention stewardship programs Physiological Society of India (PHYSICON 2019) Bankura Christian College, Bankura 2019

Membership of Learned Society  The Indian Science Congress Association (ISCA, Life Member) Sakura Science Club, Okayama University, Japan (Member) Healthcare & Biological Sciences Research Association (HBSRA, Life Member) The Asia Society of Researchers (ASR, Sr. Member & Reviewer) International Journal of Health and Life-Sciences (Kermanshah University of Medical Sciences, Iran & Reviewer) Access Microbiology (Microbiology Society, Reviewer) Journal of The Academy of Clinical Microbiologists (Academy of Clinical Microbiologists, Reviewer) Journal of Medical Microbiology (Microbiology Society, Reviewer) Blue Eyes Intelligence Engineeringand Sciences Publication (Member of Editorial Board) Lattice Science Publication (Member of Editorial Board) International Society for Development and Sustainability, Japan (Associate Member) Proceedings of the Zoological Society, India (Reviewer)

Conference /Seminar/Workshop Attended/Organised Conference /Seminar/Workshop Attended Title of the Seminar/Conference/Workshop Year Role Held at and Organiser Activities of Japan Science & Technology Agency in India and Sakura Science Program 2021 Attendee Indian National Young Academy of Science (INYAS), Delhi-NCR Chapter & Sakura Science Club, Okayama University, Japan Antimicrobial stewardship: A competency-based approach 2021 Participant Online health emergency program by the WHO Minimising outbreaks 2021 Attendee Knowlex Ltd (CPD certification) At the forefront of acute coronary syndrome management in ED 2021 Attendee Roche Diagnosing co-infections in COVID-19: Lessons learnt and preparatory strategies from AIIMS Delhi 2021 Attendee BD India AMR- revisiting UTI and hydration 2021 Attendee Knowlex Ltd (CPD certification) AMR expert webinar 2021 Participant Indian Society of Critical Care Medicine, Visakhapatnam & BD India Diagnosis & Management of Gram Negative MDROs: Interactive Pediatrics Cases 2021 Participant BD India Molecular biology training on laboratory practice 2021 Participant Division of Laboratory Systems, Centers for Disease Control & Prevention (CDC) Combination antibiotic therapy against drug-resistant Gram-negative bacteria: where the evidence stands 2021 Participant Global Antibiotic Research & Development Partnership (GARDP) Program Standard Precautions: Hand Hygiene 2020 Participant An Online Health Emergencies Program by the WHO Standard Precautions: Waste Management 2020 Participant An Online Health Emergencies Program by the WHO Emerging Respiratory Viruses, including COVID-19: Methods for Detection, Prevention, Response and Control 2020 Participant An Online Health Emergencies Program by the WHO COVID-19: How to Put On and Remove Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) 2020 Participant An Online Health Emergencies Program by the WHO World Sepsis Day 2020 Attendee Webinar by Indian Association of Medical Microbiologist Delhi Chapter Infection Prevention and Control (IPC) Core Components and Multimodal Strategies 2020 Participant An Online Health Emergencies Program by the WHO Sepsis in the time COVID-19 2020 Attendee A Webinar by BD Biosafety and Biocontainment Requirements for Biopharma Research and Manufacturing 2020 Attendee Webninar organized by National Biopharma Mission, Biotechnology Industry Research Assistance Council (BIRAC), DBT, India Emergency Room: Key Biomarkers in Managing COVID-19 Suspected Patients 2020 Participant Webinar Series on COVID-19 and Diagnostics by BioMerieux Secondary Bacterial Infections in COVID-19 Patients: Is Widespread Antibiotic Use Really Necessary? 2020 Participant Webinar Series on COVID-19 and Diagnostics by BioMerieux The Pandemic: From a Laboratory Perspective (Biocontainment Strategy) 2020 Participant A Webinar by Eppendorf India Private Limited Recent Advances in Fluorescence Spectroscopy 2020 Attendee One-Day National Webinar organized by Dept. of Chemistry, Vidyasagar University & Chemical Research Society of India, Kharagpur Chapter, West Bengal Advanced Course on Clinical & Genetic Epidemiology 2019 Participant Held at National Institute of Biomedical Genomics (NIBMG), Kalyani, WB and organized by NIBMG and Society for Applied Studies, Delhi Bio-Safety & the Use of Technology and Knowledge Bank in Modern Medical Practice 2018 Faculty Held at Tata Medical Center by Academy of Clinical Microbiologists, India Antimicrobial Susceptibility Testing 2017 Participant PGIMER, Chandigarh and ICMR NABH Safe I Control: Train the Trainer Workshop 2017 Participant Held at Tata Medical Center by National Board of Accreditation of Hospitals & Healthcare Providers Quality Management System & Internal Audit as per ISO 15189:2012 & NABL-112 Requirements 2016 Participant B. M Birla Heart Research Centre, Kolkata and Calcutta Association of Practicing Pathologists Diarrhoea Diseases and its Modern Perspective 2015 Participant ICMR-National Institute of Cholera and Enteric Diseases, Kolkata and Central Calcutta Society for Advancement of Human Development and Research Japan-Asia Youth Exchange Program in Science (Sakura Exchange Program in Science) 2015 Scholar Japan Science and Technology Agency, Okayama University, Japan 16th International Conferences on Emerging Infectious Diseases and 48th US-Japan Cooperative Medical Science Program, Dhaka, Bangladesh 2014 Poster presentation Held at International Centre for Diarrhoeal Disease Research, Bangladesh by Emerging Infectious Diseases & US-Japan Cooperative Medical Science Workshop on Design and Statistical Analysis for Biomedical Research 2014 Participant ICMR-National Institute of Cholera and Enteric Diseases, Kolkata Workshop on Scanning Microscopy in Life Sciences 2013 Participant ICMR-National Institute of Cholera and Enteric Diseases, Kolkata 100th Indian Science Congress Association, Kolkata, India 2013 Poster presentation University of Calcutta and The Indian Science Congress Association Introductory Bioinformatics, its Application and Genome Analysis 2012 Participant ICMR-National Institute of Cholera and Enteric Diseases, Kolkata Training on Real-Time PCR 2011 Participant Invitrogen Bioservices India Pvt. Ltd., Haryana Journey of Microbiology: Evolution to its Modern Age Application 2011 Participant Tara Devi Harakh Chand Kankaria Jain College 46th Annual US-Japan Cooperative Medical Science Program, Kolkata, India 2011 Poster presentation Held at ICMR-National Institute of Cholera and Enteric Diseases, Kolkata by US-Japan Cooperative Medical Science Biodiversity Concerns: In the Present Millennium 2007 Poster presentation Bidhannagar College, Govt. of W.B., Kolkata Conference /Seminar/Workshop Organised

Awards Award Name Awarded By Year SRF ICMR-CDC 2017 Japan Science & Technology (JST) Fellowship Okayama University, Japan 2015 ICMR - NICED SRF ICMR, Govt. of India 2013 ICMR - NICED JRF ICMR, Govt. of India 2011 NET- Lecturership in Life Sciences CSIR-UGC, Govt. of India 2011 NET- Lecturership in Life Sciences CSIR-UGC, Govt. of India 2010

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